National carrier Air India will send a 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Rome on Saturday afternoon to evacuate Indians stranded there amid the coronavirus crisis.
The Centre issued a statement on Thursday that no international flights would be allowed to land in India from March 22 onward for a period of one week.
An Air India official said the flight to Rome would take off from the Delhi airport around 2:30 pm.
The flight will evacuate all Indians stranded in Rome and return to Delhi on Sunday morning, the official added.
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